Typical Issues and Meeting Topics
TAB members bring up the entire spectrum of business problems, solutions and profit-making ideas at TAB meetings. Recent member issues include:
- Sales planning and marketing strategies
- Increasing sales and market share
- Identifying new products and services
- Pricing strategies
- Customer and product line profitability
- Coping with an uncooperative partner
- Dealing with family members in the business
- Creating an exit strategy and a succession plan
- Handling burnout and balancing business and personal goals
- Developing management teams
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Outsourcing to reduce costs
Hiring the right employees to reduce turnover
Motivating and rewarding key staff
Customer relationship management (CRM) programs
e-Business strategies and using the Internet effectively
Bench-marking and balanced scorecards
Securing business financing
Dealing with government regulations
Identifying new products and services |